Kenneth Fish
Biographic Data
| ID | 282878 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth Fish |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth |
| FAMILY NAME | Fish |
| SIGNATURE | FISH K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Simon Fraser University |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-8186-3267 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Living Capital and the Quantum Ethnography of Spider Goats
Review of: Lisa Jean Moore. Our Transgenic Future: Spider Goats, Genetic Modification, and the Will to Change Nature. New York: New York University Press, 2022. xviii + 214 pp. 23 b/w illus. $89.00 (hb), $30.00 (pb)
Essence, Alienation and Animal Liberation
While Marx’s political economy has proven valuable for understanding the animal-industrial complex, there is widespread suspicion that his humanism is incompatible with the goals of critical animal studies. Setting aside the question of what Marx really meant in his rather limited discussions of animals, the purpose of this paper is to distinguish between two forms of humanism in the Marxian tradition and locate the conceptual space occupied by a…
Relational Sociology and Historical Materialism
Relational sociology (RS) (Emirbayer 1997, Dépelteau 2008, Crossley 2011, Donati 2011) raises the question of the ontological foundation of sociology and seeks to shift our attention away from "structures" and "individuals" toward social relations as the primary object of our analyses. As this still nascent approach to understanding the social world strives to position itself as a "paradigm," RS is challenging us to revisit questions that have be…
Machine Systems and the Unique Nature of Industrial Capitalism
The notion that industrialization occurs in opposition to nature has deep roots in environmental thought. Drawing on Marx's analysis of machine systems, this paper highlights a unique characteristic of industrial capitalism that is obscured by this technology/nature dualism. It argues that machinery is unique - not simply in its relation to nature - but in the way that it is nature. Where pre-industrial technologies are simply natural materials m…
Essence, Alienation and Animal Liberation
While Marx’s political economy has proven valuable for understanding the animal-industrial complex, there is widespread suspicion that his humanism is incompatible with the goals of critical animal studies. Setting aside the question of what Marx really meant in his rather limited discussions of animals, the purpose of this paper is to distinguish between two forms of humanism in the Marxian tradition and locate the conceptual space occupied by a…
Machine Systems and the Unique Nature of Industrial Capitalism
The notion that industrialization occurs in opposition to nature has deep roots in environmental thought. Drawing on Marx's analysis of machine systems, this paper highlights a unique characteristic of industrial capitalism that is obscured by this technology/nature dualism. It argues that machinery is unique - not simply in its relation to nature - but in the way that it is nature. Where pre-industrial technologies are simply natural materials m…
Relational Sociology and Historical Materialism
Relational sociology (RS) (Emirbayer 1997, Dépelteau 2008, Crossley 2011, Donati 2011) raises the question of the ontological foundation of sociology and seeks to shift our attention away from "structures" and "individuals" toward social relations as the primary object of our analyses. As this still nascent approach to understanding the social world strives to position itself as a "paradigm," RS is challenging us to revisit questions that have be…
Essence, Alienation and Animal Liberation
While Marx’s political economy has proven valuable for understanding the animal-industrial complex, there is widespread suspicion that his humanism is incompatible with the goals of critical animal studies. Setting aside the question of what Marx really meant in his rather limited discussions of animals, the purpose of this paper is to distinguish between two forms of humanism in the Marxian tradition and locate the conceptual space occupied by a…
Living Capital and the Quantum Ethnography of Spider Goats
Review of: Lisa Jean Moore. Our Transgenic Future: Spider Goats, Genetic Modification, and the Will to Change Nature. New York: New York University Press, 2022. xviii + 214 pp. 23 b/w illus. $89.00 (hb), $30.00 (pb)
Sociology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Social science (2 works)